LAW 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Malicious Prosecution, Reasonable Person, System On A Chip

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 122
• Professor: Daniele Bertolini

Document Summary

General approach to legal analysis: look at the facts don"t repeat facts, identify legal issue (s) order matters, what do we want to know first. 4. do facts meet legal test/apply law to facts, assess likely decision. 3 types of torts: intentional torts, negligence, strict liability. Full defenses: entirely protects the defendant form liability. Intentional tort: assault: legal issue: tort of assault, rule/test: defendant intentionally causes plaintiff to believe offensive bodily, applying the facts: for it to be considered assault needs to have: contact is imminent. Intentional tort: battery: legal issue: the tort of battery, rule/test: defendant causes offensive, physical contact to the plaintiff, applying the facts: for it to be considered battery needs to have: Intentional tort: false imprisonment: legal issue: tort of false imprisonment, rule/test: defendant confined within fixed area without justification, applying the facts: for it to be considered false imprisonment needs to have: Causing person to be confined within fixed area without justification.